Chapter 227

The call wasn't hung up; it remained connected.

However, no sound came from the other end.

Li Zhuiyuan placed the receiver on the counter, pointed to Auntie Xu standing in the distance, then pointed to the phone, and then walked back carrying the bag containing the *Storytelling* newspapers.

The evening breeze in Beijing, wrapped in the hustle and bustle, blew on the youth.

Once, the phone call that night at Auntie Zhang's small shop had almost become his nightmare.

Now, he didn't care anymore.

It wasn't that he was generous and willing to forgive, but that he knew very clearly what to do to deal the heaviest blow to Li Lan.

I am your test subject, but in my eyes, you are a failure.

On this basis, any redundant words and actions are just the incompetent barking of a failure.

This was also the reason why Li Lan stopped speaking.

Because she perceived that her illness had truly improved.

When walking back to the entrance of Fengzeyuan, Great-Grandfather, Runsheng, and Lin Shu You also came out.

Great-Grandfather stood at the very front alone. His face was red, but he stood very steadily, not needing anyone to support him at all.

Li Sanjiang: "Sent them off?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Hmm."

Li Sanjiang reached out and patted the youth's arm, saying nothing more.

The words that should have been said, he had already said enough.

Even Lin Shu You could tell while eating that the old man's attention had always been on Little Yuan. How could he, Li Sanjiang, not see it?

The first meeting at Shichahai was indeed a connection, but this connection was just like the tobacco in a cigarette; once lit, it burned into ash.

This second time, it was a bit too obvious.

"Come, Little Yuan Hou, we're going home tomorrow. Accompany Great-Grandfather for a walk again. Let the two of us absorb more of the dragon energy at the roots of the Imperial City."

"Great-Grandfather, let's walk inside then; there's only exhaust on the roadside."

"Hahaha!"

In the end, this walk didn't last long. Having walked too much these days, Li Sanjiang was also tired.

After returning to the hotel to rest, early the next morning, everyone rushed to the airport.

They didn't bring much when they came, but when they went back, they brought many local specialties and souvenirs, in big and small bags. These were all to be taken back to the village to give to people.

If you want people to listen to you show off and cooperate with you to coax you, then you have to give them some sweetness. No one is willing to provide you with emotional value proactively for no reason.

Li Sanjiang didn't understand what "emotional value" was, but he had long since seen through the ways of the world.

When the plane took off, Li Zhuiyuan proactively placed his hand on the back of his Great-Grandfather's hand.

Li Sanjiang adjusted his sitting posture and breathing. This was his second time flying, but he was still nervous.

After the plane was flying steadily, Li Sanjiang took out the *Storytelling* newspaper, spread it out, crossed his legs, looked at the clouds outside the window for a while, and looked down at the stories for a while.

By the way, he asked the flight attendant for a cup of coffee.

After taking a sip, he didn't drink a second sip until it was taken away by the flight attendant before the plane descended.

Landing at Xingdong Airport and walking out of the airport, seeing the blue sky and white clouds of Nantong and breathing the air of his hometown, Li Sanjiang became active all over.

The first thing he did was strike a match, light a cigarette for himself, and lower the air quality of his hometown.

Uncle Qin and Xiong Shan, who had long since received the return flight information, came to pick them up on a tricycle.

On the way back, Li Sanjiang began to chat with Xiong Shan about what he had seen and heard on the plane.

"Brother Shan, I heard before that when you take a plane, the flight attendant can light your cigarette and pour you Maotai.

Sigh, I didn't expect it to be fake. On this plane, you can't even smoke; it stifled me to death."

Li Zhuiyuan played with the pager in his hand. The matters in Beijing had come to a temporary end; now, it was time to focus on considering the next wave.

Tan Wenbin hadn't specifically contacted him these days, just sending a standard page every three days to indicate he was still alive.

After arriving home, Li Sanjiang began to visit neighbors, specifically taking the photos he had taken in Beijing to show Blind Liu, whose eyes weren't good.

Li Zhuiyuan first visited Yin Meng's situation. Yin Meng had already recovered and was wearing a big vest, holding a saw, making a coffin.

Here, earth burial was managed more strictly, so a coffin shop couldn't be opened, but occasionally making a few coffins when there was time wouldn't worry about sales.

Everyone living in Great-Grandfather's house, intentionally or unintentionally, would find something to do, so as to appear not to be purely eating for free.

Not having gone to Beijing, Yin Meng wasn't disappointed, because midway, Liu Yi took her to Shanghai.

Liu Yi would go out every once in a while to get some things for the old lady as usual. This time, taking Yin Meng along was also thinking that she could go out and relax.

Anyway, for Yin Meng, compared to scenic spots and historical sites, she was more fond of the prosperity of shopping malls.

However, this didn't affect her using this as an excuse to say to Runsheng with a trace of resentment: "Had a good time playing?"

Runsheng: "Hey."

Yin Meng pointed to a new coffin beside her and said: "Then paint it for me."

Runsheng: "Good."

Yin Meng put down the saw in her hand, picked up the tea mug beside her, and drank more than half a mug of agastache tea with a "glug-glug" sound. Some tea dripped down her neck, mixing with sweat and flowing downward.

Ever since she was soaked in a vat of poisonous insects when Liu Yi taught her poison arts, Yin Meng's skin had always been very fair, the kind of fairness of a big girl.

Liu Yi's explanation was that the skin of girls in the mountain city was naturally supple; Yin Meng hadn't paid attention to maintenance before, plus... she ate too roughly.

It was just that the young men in the team basically all had their hearts set on someone, plus everyone knew certain characteristics of Yin Meng, so no one thought she was very good-looking.

In fact, Mengmeng now wearing trendy clothes and going to the barbershop in town to get a trendy hairstyle...

Never mind in town, even in the city, the head-turning rate was quite high.

Great-Grandfather said that someone had already come to probe the situation, wanting to play matchmaker for Yin Meng. The conditions of several men's families were quite good, and he didn't know when they had seen Yin Meng and become infatuated.

But these were all rejected by Great-Grandfather without hesitation. The reason for the rejection was that the girl already had a partner long ago.

Yin Meng sat on the chair beside her, swinging her legs, watching Runsheng work, and occasionally giving a few pointers about her boredom at home and her envy of them being able to go out and play.

Actually, on the way back, Xiong Shan said that Liu Yi took Yin Meng to Shanghai and bought back many new clothes, and there were also pear blossoms.

But Runsheng didn't point it out, just responding.

Lin Shu You went to the small room to visit the Bai He Tongzi.

Because Great-Grandfather also went to Beijing, no one had come in to tidy up these days.

When Lin Shu You came in, he not only found the Ceng Sun Two Generals he had carved himself lying on the ground, but even the Bai He Tongzi was on the ground.

However, the former two were covered in dust, not knowing how many times they had been rolled on the ground, while the Tongzi was brand new and very clean, and it was standing steadily on the ground.

This was when it bullied its new colleagues as usual on the first day, knocking the two former colleagues off the table.

As a result, finding no one to tidy up on the second day, in order to continue bullying, the Tongzi simply came down itself.

Lin Shu You put the three statues in order and began to clean up here.

While squeezing the dirty rag, he heard a "smack-smack" sound on the offering table.

The Tongzi really liked this statue and also loved this simple Daoist arena. When it had nothing to do, it liked to descend here to play.

It was mainly because the youth gave it such a high specification. Just like Lin Fu'an and Chen Shoumen and the others who were dying to be annexed, like the current situation of the Dragon King gates of the Qin and Liu families, there were too many vacancies, which was really too suitable for investment.

Lin Shu You washed the rag, shook his hands, and said: "Little Yuan Ge said he's afraid you're bored, so you can invite one from the ancestral tablets of the Qin and Liu families to come over and keep you company."

The statue that was originally swaying suddenly froze.

Lin Shu You: "Hehehe."

The Tongzi realized it had been teased and took the initiative to charge, wanting to hit this spirit medium who dared to commit an offense against his superior!

Lin Shu You embraced the Tongzi statue and carefully wiped it with a cloth.

Before putting it back, he lightly flicked the center of the statue's eyebrows with his ring finger.

"Hiss..."

Lin Shu You was in so much pain that he covered his finger and jumped in circles on the spot.

What was called true superior thunder-struck wood wasn't those woods that luckily got struck by lightning in reality. Inside this, there were truly some things remaining. This flick caused a feeling of burning and electric shock in an instant.

The Tongzi was happy.

With a "pat" sound, it leaned back and fell onto the offering table.

After Lin Shu You recovered, he blew on his blackened ring finger tip and stood the Tongzi statue up again.

"Pat!"

Just after standing up, it leaned back and fell down again.

Stand up again, fall again.

Lin Shu You was speechless: "When facing that person last night, why didn't I see you being so spirited? You were very cowardly, causing me not to even eat well."

Hearing this, the Tongzi statue lying on the offering table began to sway left and right.

That was because Lin Shu You wasn't possessed now, and the Tongzi wasn't on his body. If he were in a state of spirit mediumship, the Tongzi would probably have to educate this medium well about what kind of person that was and how it dared to be presumptuous in front of that person!

Even if it were the underworld system, under the command of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, its former self was only a ghost official status. What was that person!

Regardless of yin gods or yang gods, what ghosts and monsters dared to approach him?

You ran off to dine at the same table as such a person for no reason, without even giving me a heads-up; I, Master Tongzi, haven't even settled the score with you yet!

Seeing that Master Tongzi was truly angry, Lin Shu had no choice but to pick him up and start coaxing him.

After coaxing him for a long time, Master Tongzi finally seemed to calm down.

In truth, Master Tongzi has always been that same Master Tongzi; he is still that high and mighty Lord Lord Yin Shen, and he has never changed.

What has changed is Lin Shu's status; due to various reasons, he can now truly call himself a brother to Master Tongzi.

Before, I stood too low, even kneeling, so the Lord Lord Yin Shen on the altar naturally seemed high and mighty; now that we are on equal footing and the filter is gone, I actually feel that Master Tongzi is quite down-to-earth.

After Lin Shu closed the door, he walked out.

He has always had a dream: if, in the future, all the Official Generals and Yin Gods could possess the same equal relationship that he and Master Tongzi have, then the casualty rate of the Official Generals when eliminating demons and defending the Dao would surely decrease significantly.

Brother Xiaoyuan has the ability to change the inheritance system of the Official Generals, but Brother Xiaoyuan has no necessity to do so; from Brother Xiaoyuan's perspective, he only needs to ensure that whether it is Master Tongzi or the two Generals of Increase and Decrease, they all help him exert effort and get things done.

Then this responsibility and mission naturally falls upon himself; Lin Shu feels that this is the meaning of him following Brother Xiaoyuan on the river-walking journey.

At this moment, Lin Shu suddenly felt that he had matured.

He straightened the non-existent collar of his short-sleeved shirt while walking outside.

Until Great-Grandfather's voice rang out:

"You Hou, go deliver the goods!"

"Alright!"

That man, who aspired to lead the reform of the Official Generals in the future, familiarly pushed the cart out and nimbly loaded the goods.

Li Zhuiyuan, who was chatting with A Li on the second-floor terrace, was somewhat surprised that Great-Grandfather had returned so early, and even the gift that should have been taken to Liu Jinxia was still in his hand.

Li Sanjiang looked up and shouted to Li Zhuiyuan: "Little Yuan Hou, come with Great-Grandfather to the health center to see Blind Liu."

Li Zhuiyuan stood up and went downstairs.

Runsheng and Yin Meng, who were busy on the first floor, put down their work and looked at Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan waved his hand at them, signaling that they didn't need to follow for the time being.

If it was just a simple visit to a patient, he could go by himself.

Li Sanjiang rode the tricycle, carrying Li Zhuiyuan to the health center in Shigang Town.

Shinan Town, where Siyuan Village is located, also has its own health center, but it is too small, like a university infirmary, so nearby villagers go to Shigang Town whenever they have a more serious illness.

"Great-Grandfather, what happened to Grandma Liu?"

"I don't know. Her neighbor said she vomited blood at night and was rushed to the health center. It's been two days, and there was no one at home when I went."

Li Sanjiang and Blind Liu have had a friendship for many years; after all, they both eat from this same bowl, so they can be considered half-colleagues, often referring business to each other.

In terms of emotion and reason, he had to go see her. As for bringing Little Yuan Hou along, it was because Li Sanjiang knew that Blind Liu had helped Little Yuan Hou exorcise evil and break curses before; if Blind Liu was truly on her deathbed and not going to make it, Little Yuan Hou should also go to take a final look.

After arriving at the health center, Li Sanjiang found the ward where Blind Liu was located by asking around.

Just as he pushed open the door, before he had time to say hello, he saw Liu Jinxia, who was lying on the hospital bed, start to convulse, her head tilting to the side of the bed:

"Ugh!"

Red, viscous things were constantly vomited out.

Auntie Xiang Hou had been prepared, holding a spittoon to catch it.

After Blind Liu stopped vomiting and lay back on the bed, squinting her eyes, Auntie Xiang Hou stood up, intending to go dispose of the filth in the spittoon.

Then, she saw Li Sanjiang and Li Zhuiyuan standing at the door.

"Uncle Sanjiang, you're here."

Li Sanjiang looked at the red color in the spittoon and asked with a frown: "Your mother is this..."

Even for a young and strong person, vomiting blood like this would be a bad sign, let alone for an elderly person.

Auntie Xiang Hou led Li Sanjiang out of the ward to talk, informing him of the doctor's diagnosis.

Li Zhuiyuan did not go out, but walked toward the hospital bed.

He had just seen Liu Jinxia's vomiting; it was red, but not entirely blood, just stained by blood. However, this situation could be considered quite serious.

Liu Jinxia had already lost consciousness, hooked up to an IV, her eyes half-open and half-closed.

Li Zhuiyuan reached out, flipped open her eyelids, and then took her pulse.

The pulse was very strong.

But it was clearly intermittent and rapid, like a wild horse that might break its bridle at any moment.

If it were truly a normal medical condition, Li Zhuiyuan would have no way to help and could only rely on the doctors.

Up to now, Li Zhuiyuan had not sensed any abnormal aura residue on Liu Jinxia, but he still wanted to perform one last test; for the sake of safety, he intended to use the most foolproof folk method.

Li Zhuiyuan took out a talisman paper, first pinching it, letting it slide all the way from Liu Jinxia's brow center to her ankle, then pulling it back up.

The talisman paper ignited during the return pull, instantly turning into blue smoke.

The blue smoke, which should have dissipated, gathered at Liu Jinxia's abdomen, appearing with wave patterns.

Li Zhuiyuan reached out and dispersed the blue smoke.

It seems there is a problem, right there in the stomach.

It is hidden really deeply, actually avoiding my eyes.

Li Zhuiyuan lifted Liu Jinxia's clothes, placed his left palm on the old woman's abdomen, applied a little force, and pressed down.

Immediately after, Li Zhuiyuan activated his Yin-walking.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

In Li Zhuiyuan's field of vision, a dark brown shadow finally appeared. The shadow seemed to sense that someone was probing it, immediately raised its head, and revealed a single eye.

This is a curse.

The Shi Zhuozhao family, which had been wiped out by him, was proficient in using curse arts.

Blood mist overflowed from Li Zhuiyuan's right palm, intending to forcibly break the curse, but as if stimulated by something, that hateful thing with a single eye began to tremble violently, causing Liu Jinxia, who had just vomited blood, to start convulsing again.

This curse cannot be forcibly broken.

If the same curse were placed on Runsheng or Lin Shu, they could withstand it if the methods were a bit more intense.

But placed on Liu Jinxia, she would die before he could break this curse.

Li Zhuiyuan withdrew his hand, pulled back the blood mist from his right hand, bent down, and picked up a plastic basin placed under the bed.

Earlier, when he was doing these things, Auntie Xiang Hou was outside the ward talking to Great-Grandfather about her mother's condition, and even the doctor who was supposed to come for rounds was stopped by Li Sanjiang to be asked questions.

At this moment, hearing the commotion inside, Auntie Xiang Hou and the doctor and the others all came in.

Auntie Xiang Hou snatched the plastic basin from Li Zhuiyuan's hand: "Little Yuan Hou, stay further away, it's dirty."

She squeezed Li Zhuiyuan away with her body and went to catch the filth vomited by her mother herself.

After vomiting once more, Liu Jinxia's spirit suddenly improved, and a flush even appeared on her originally pale face.

"Where is Cuicui?"

"Cuicui is at school, she'll come over after school."

"Oh."

Liu Jinxia's gaze looked behind her daughter: "Sanjiang Hou!"

"Hey." Li Sanjiang responded, "I went to find you as soon as I got back from the capital, just wanting to show off a bit, never expected you, old blind woman, to move into the health center just to avoid me."

Liu Jinxia "hummed": "So what, I just won't let you show off. What's so great about you? When my Cuicui gets into a university in the capital in the future, won't I also be going to the capital to stroll around?"

"Fine, fine, fine, you are very impressive."

The doctor came over to check, first comforted Liu Jinxia by saying her condition had improved, and then signaled for Auntie Xiang Hou to come out with him, asking the patient's family if they needed to be discharged early to go home.

Not to mention in the countryside, even elderly people in the city want to die at home when facing this situation.

Auntie Xiang Hou covered her face, suppressing her crying, but she still firmly shook her head, hoping her mother could continue to be hospitalized.

Bringing her home meant preparing for the funeral and waiting for death.

She was unwilling to accept this result.

When she returned, Auntie Xiang Hou had already wiped away her tears, only her eye sockets and the tip of her nose were slightly red. She sat down and began to peel an apple for her mother, cutting it piece by piece and putting it into her mother's mouth.

Liu Jinxia: "You eat too, this apple is sweet."

"Mom, you eat first, there's still more here."

"Then you eat a couple too, leave some for Cuicui after school."

"She's still young, there will be plenty of opportunities to eat good things in the future."

"You, you, first time seeing a mom competing for food with her daughter."

Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the ward and saw Great-Grandfather squatting on the terrace at the end of the corridor, smoking.

Great-Grandfather naturally saw it; this was Liu Jinxia's final burst of energy.

When Li Zhuiyuan walked over, Great-Grandfather sighed: "People, really fake."

He really didn't expect that he had just gone on a trip, and upon returning, he would have to witness the departure of his old friend.

Li Zhuiyuan spoke: "Great-Grandfather, actually..."

Li Sanjiang spoke first: "Actually, I understand. People at this age are just like this. Little Yuan Hou, who knows what day Great-Grandfather I might also..."

Li Sanjiang stood up and patted his trouser legs: "I'm going to call the village of Shanpao, let Shanpao come over to see Blind Liu, after all, it's a friendship of so many years."

Li Zhuiyuan put his hands in his trouser pockets and just watched Great-Grandfather leave in a hurry.

The young man was used to it.

Great-Grandfather is actually a very shrewd and clear-headed person, but sometimes, he will be influenced by good fortune and become rare-confused.

He had just wanted to tell Great-Grandfather that there was a way to treat her, but Great-Grandfather didn't listen; this should have been actively avoided by the effect of good fortune.

In the past, such things had happened many times.

It seems that good fortune doesn't want to provoke this matter.

Li Zhuiyuan slowly followed, Great-Grandfather had just finished the call: "Little Yuan Hou, you stay here, Great-Grandfather I am going outside to buy some fruit and food."

"Hmm."

After Li Sanjiang left, Li Zhuiyuan picked up the phone and dialed the number for the university's discount store.

"Hello."

The person answering the phone was Lu Yi.

"It's me."

"Brother Xiaoyuan!"

Lu Yi on the other end of the phone immediately sat up straight and quickly picked up the pen on the counter, moving the notebook in front of him.

Li Zhuiyuan asked Lu Yi to help call Auntie Zhang's grocery store and notify Runsheng and the others to prepare some things he needed.

After hanging up the phone, Li Zhuiyuan walked back to the ward.

The reason he didn't call himself was that Auntie Zhang would have to go call people first, which was too troublesome, and some things couldn't be said directly to Auntie Zhang; having Lu Yi as a voice bridge was more convenient.

Li Zhuiyuan walked into the ward, continuing to observe Liu Jinxia, his mind pondering a reasonable way to break the curse.

"Little Yuan Hou, was the capital fun?"

Liu Jinxia's "complexion was better," and she was willing to talk.

"It was fun."

"Your Great-Grandfather having you is really basking in the reflected glory, hehe."

"This is a prize Great-Grandfather won himself."

"How could he dare to go to the capital alone? Sigh, I really envy Sanjiang Hou, carefree for a lifetime, and even able to bring home a good child at the end."

"Grandma Liu, my Great-Grandfather brought you a gift back."

"Heh, what gift, that's flattery money."

Auntie Xiang Hou handed Li Zhuiyuan a freshly peeled apple.

"Thank you, Auntie Xiang Hou."

Auntie Xiang Hou asked: "Little Yuan Hou, did you see your mother in the capital?"

"I saw her, she asked me to say hello to you."

Auntie Xiang Hou smiled and tidied her hair.

Liu Jinxia heard this, turned her face to the side, and curled her lips.

She didn't believe Lan Hou would say such things; it was clearly a lie made up by this Little Yuan Hou on the spot.

Liu Jinxia had known long ago that Lan Hou was a special person, very smart, but also lacking in human touch.

The reason she liked to play with her daughter back then was also because her daughter had no other friends, was quiet and not annoying, and could help run errands.

It's just that her daughter is simple-minded, treating others as childhood best friends even now.

The IV drip was about to run out, Auntie Xiang Hou stood up:

"I'm going to call the nurse to change the saline bottle."

After Auntie Xiang Hou left, only Liu Jinxia and Li Zhuiyuan were left in the ward.

Liu Jinxia: "Little Yuan Hou, help Grandma open the bedside cabinet and see if there is a ball of thread."

"Hey."

Li Zhuiyuan walked over, first opened the drawer, nothing, then squatted down to open the cabinet door below, finding two candles, a bottle of ink, a writing brush, and a ball wrapped in several layers of newspaper inside.

He had seen these things; when he encountered Xiao Huang Ying and was possessed by evil and fell into a coma, Liu Jinxia and Li Juxiang used this set of things to help him break it.

It seems Auntie Xiang Hou intends to use this method again to block disaster and extend life for her mother.

Actually thinking the same thing as me.

Since that curse cannot be broken on Liu Jinxia, what can be done is to transfer this curse out.

However, this curse is very fierce; no matter how hard Auntie Xiang Hou's life is, she can't withstand it.

Cuicui... maybe she can.

But whether she can withstand it is one thing, and whether it can be transferred out is another.

People with hard lives are naturally not easily cursed.

If you curse someone with a hard life, you have to worry about whether you will be countered.

The person who cursed Liu Jinxia has many methods; she was successfully cursed, but because her life destiny is too hard, the curse power is hidden extremely deep.

This curse is also very special; when he probed it earlier and intended to take action against it, it was clearly stimulated.

A curse with a certain self-awareness, how could it easily come out and enter the dragon's den after finally entering the tiger's den?

"Little Yuan Hou, is there anything?"

"No, it's empty."

Li Zhuiyuan closed the cabinet door.

Liu Jinxia, lying on the hospital bed, laughed and scolded:

"Stinky girl, your brain is still clear."

Liu Jinxia had no resentment, only relief; if Auntie Xiang Hou intended to do this, she would stop her; after all, it didn't matter if she left, Cuicui still needed someone to take care of her.

Li Zhuiyuan sat on the chair nearby and started eating an apple.

Liu Jinxia's problem is not serious, at least that curse, for Li Zhuiyuan, is nothing, but if a parasite can easily tear and pinch a doll to death outside, it is very troublesome if it burrows into human organs.

He has to find a way to attract that curse out.

"Grandma Liu, have you gone on a long trip recently?"

"What's wrong?"

"Just asking."

"I went to Yancheng, invited by someone, to perform a dharma ritual, going and returning on the same day.

That family used to run a fishery in our town; back then, their two daughters-in-law were pregnant at the same time, and they both came to ask me to predict the gender.

I said they were both sons, and it turned out they really were.

Later, they often came to me for divination, anyway, they recognized my ability.

This time, her husband passed away, so they invited me to perform a dharma ritual.

Your Great-Grandfather went to the capital for a trip; if he were at home, I would have called him to go together.

That family has money; they made money running a fishery before, and later switched to running a large fishery, making a big profit."

Li Zhuiyuan: Good thing Great-Grandfather went to the capital; if he had gone with you, who knows if he would have had to bring something back.

"Grandma Liu, were you the only one performing the dharma ritual?"

"How could that be, they invited quite a few people, monks and Daoist priests, and they weren't the fake kind we see every day, they were all from mountains and temples, that style and aura, it wasn't acting."

Li Zhuiyuan nodded, continuing to eat the apple.

Liu Jinxia: "Little Yuan Hou..."

"Hmm?"

Liu Jinxia: "Take Cuicui out to play more."

"Hmm."

Liu Jinxia said no more, opening her eyes and looking at the ceiling in the ward.

Li Sanjiang bought things and came back, then kept talking with Liu Jinxia.

Li Zhuiyuan kept sitting in the corner, deducing the method to lure the curse.

In the afternoon, Grandpa Shan also came.

The three of them chatted by the hospital bed for a long time.

Liu Jinxia's spirit was very good, actually not tired at all.

Near dusk, Li Sanjiang and Grandpa Shan stood up, intending to leave.

"Great-Grandfather, I'll wait here for Cuicui to finish school."

"Wait for Cuicui to finish school?"

Auntie Xiang Hou said: "Then let Little Yuan Hou stay here, when I bring Cuicui back at night, I will send Little Yuan Hou back together."

Li Sanjiang nodded: "Then let's do that, thank you for your hard work, Xiang Hou."

Great-Grandfather and Grandpa Shan left.

After Cuicui finished school, she ran over with her schoolbag on her back, running until she was covered in sweat.

When she saw Brother Yuan Hou was also here, her eyes lit up, and when she saw Grandma's complexion was much better and she started drinking porridge, she truly smiled.

"Alright, you take the children back, come again tomorrow morning, anyway, my saline drip is finished."

"Then I'll take them back."

Cuicui asked somewhat strangely: "Mom, are we not staying here to accompany Grandma tonight?"

Liu Jinxia: "Cuicui, be good, Grandma is better, you go home with Mom."

Caregiving is a very tiring job; Liu Jinxia didn't want to see her granddaughter suffer.

After Auntie Xiang Hou took Cuicui and Li Zhuiyuan out of the health center, they went to a small restaurant outside for dinner, and she ordered several meat dishes.

Cuicui thought Grandma was really better, so she ate very happily.

Li Zhuiyuan noticed that Auntie Xiang Hou had no appetite, but she was forcing herself to stuff those meats into her mouth and swallow them.

This is knowing that she has to "work" at night, supplementing herself in advance.

After sending Cuicui back, she should leave home alone again at night and come to the ward.

After eating, Auntie Xiang Hou rode her bike to take the two of them back to the village, first sending Li Zhuiyuan back to the dam, and after waving goodbye to Cuicui, Li Zhuiyuan walked into the west room.

In the west room, everything that should be prepared was prepared; the family had plenty of various materials, which could be considered a luxury version of Liu Jinxia and her daughter's set.

Runsheng: "Xiaoyuan, what happened to Grandma Liu?"

Yin Meng and Lin Shu had no intersection with Liu Jinxia; Runsheng had been in contact with Liu Jinxia many times because of Grandpa Shan.

The three-person small group often finished a job and had a celebration meal; his grandfather would go eat a second meal with Liu Jinxia, just to speak ill of Li Sanjiang.

Li Zhuiyuan: "She was cursed."

Runsheng was stunned upon hearing this: "Here?"

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "No, the curse was placed outside."

Although the one under the peach tree only suppresses evil spirits and dares not approach, people in the Xuan Sect are not included; didn't Xin Jiyue come last time?

But Liu Jinxia lives in this village after all; if you say who dares to come to this village to curse someone, that one certainly wouldn't allow it, after all, it's under its nose.

Li Zhuiyuan went to the second floor, took a shower, changed clothes, and after telling A Li about tonight's arrangements, he originally intended to let A Li go back to the east room to rest first, but A Li shook her head and refused, continuing to sit in the room and carve the ancestral tablets.

It means she will wait here for the young man to return before going back to the room to rest.

Li Zhuiyuan agreed.

Grandpa Shan stayed at home for dinner and drank with Li Sanjiang, all of them getting high.

Once this alcohol is mixed with emotions, it is easier to get drunk.

Great-Grandfather was carried to the bed in the second-floor room by Lin Shu, while Grandpa Shan was put by Runsheng into the coffin he usually slept in; actually, the one he slept in was originally the longevity coffin reserved by Grandpa Shan, which could be considered moving into a new house in advance.

Looking at the time, feeling it was about time, Li Zhuiyuan took the three of them to pack up their things and went to the hospital.

Originally thinking Auntie Xiang Hou had to wait for Cuicui to finish her homework and sleep before coming out, but who knew, when everyone arrived at the hospital, they saw her just parking and walking in.

Not only did she come out early, but she took another village road, not passing in front of Great-Grandfather's house.

Li Zhuiyuan knew she certainly wasn't avoiding him, but was avoiding Great-Grandfather and Grandpa Shan; after all, those two old men also knew what kind of methods their family was good at.

"A You, go knock her out, be gentle."

Lin Shu took a deep breath; knocking someone out gently, this difficulty is not generally high.

Yin Meng: "I have knockout medicine."

Runsheng: "Xiaoyuan knows."

Auntie Xiang Hou is one of our own; in non-essential moments, it's better not to use Yin Meng's medicine.

Lin Shu was originally a professional practitioner, and after walking the river, his kung fu had improved significantly; when Auntie Xiang Hou was climbing the stairs, he sprang out from behind, a hand chop hitting the back of her neck, and Auntie Xiang Hou immediately fainted.

Lin Shu hugged her, immediately checking the other party's breathing.

After confirming there was no mistake, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Zhuiyuan walked up and said: "The ward next door is empty, settle her there, then tie her hands and feet, and stuff cotton cloth in her mouth."

A hand chop can't confirm the duration of unconsciousness, and people with hard lives like Auntie Xiang Hou are actually stronger at such times.

Lin Shu: "Understood!"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Yin Meng, go stick a Heart-Clearing Talisman on Grandma Liu. Runsheng, go check the morgue."

Yin Meng gently pushed open the ward door; her movement was agile, and she quickly sneaked in. Liu Jinxia hadn't slept yet, still opening her eyes.

She knew what her situation was now; she was about to fall into a long sleep, and she had to look a little more at this moment.

Suddenly, it went dark before her eyes, and a talisman was stuck on her forehead.

The final burst of energy was originally a false fire, and the Heart-Clearing Talisman just happened to suppress it, and Liu Jinxia directly fell into a coma.

After Li Zhuiyuan entered, he checked Liu Jinxia's situation and judged that it was no problem for the old woman to hold on until tomorrow morning.

In other words, in her current state, the best result is seeing tomorrow morning's sun.

The reason Li Zhuiyuan pushed aside others and secretly came to do this was because he still couldn't judge whether this incident counted as a wave delivered by the next wave.

For their own good, they should temporarily be unaware, so as not to get involved in the river-walking karma.

The formation was not difficult, and it was quickly set up.

Two candles were lit, then a ball of thread soaked in black dog blood was pulled, one end wrapped around Liu Jinxia's abdomen, and the other end held in Li Zhuiyuan's hand.

The formation was activated, and Li Zhuiyuan intended to try it himself first.

At this time, Lin Shu's eyelids jumped, first suspicious, then enlightened, and he took the initiative to step forward:

"Brother Xiaoyuan, transfer the curse to me."

Li Zhuiyuan: "It's fine, I'll go first."

Lin Shu: "Brother Xiaoyuan, let me go first."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I know there is a high probability it won't transfer to me, so I'll go first."

Lin Shu: "..."

Li Zhuiyuan began to try to transfer the curse power; he tried very hard, but as expected, he failed.

This is normal; his body doesn't even dare to let the Lord Lord Yin Shen come down, and that curse, which clearly has preliminary self-awareness, would be truly strange if it dared to come over.

Li Zhuiyuan handed the thread to Yin Meng and took a step back.

He had long known that if they used themselves as carriers, the transfer of curse power was unlikely to succeed, but no matter what, they had to try, preferably testing the preferences of this curse power, such as which characteristics it was more sensitive to.

Only in this way could he prescribe the right medicine; he had previously asked Runsheng to check the morgue to determine if there were corpses there. Later, he would use the Nuo Opera Puppet Technique to knead a corpse out and "dress it up" to look like what the curse power liked, tricking it into coming out.

As for the original owner of the corpse, he would pay compensation, and he would personally hold a funeral for him, performing moderate transcendence for him.

Yin Meng held the silk thread, and the formation was activated.

The curse power had no reaction.

She is of the Yin Changsheng bloodline; although it is already very thin, normal things really don't dare to possess her body.

It was Runsheng's turn, holding the silk thread, the formation was activated, still no reaction.

Runsheng has evil aura on his body, and that thing doesn't dare to come up either.

Li Zhuiyuan pursed his lips; it seems that when kneading the puppet next, he will have to re-test its preferences.

The last one to come up was Lin Shu; as a spirit medium, he now has the closest relationship with Master Tongzi, so it was actually impossible.

But when the formation was activated, Li Zhuiyuan unexpectedly sensed that the curse power, which had been shrinking in Liu Jinxia's body, actually became active for a moment.

Lin Shu also sensed it and began to actively seduce it.

But that thing did have a reaction, yet it wasn't enough to come out.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Stop."

Lin Shu let go of the thread, very puzzled: "Brother Xiaoyuan, why did only I have a reaction?"

Logically speaking, he should be the one least likely to have a reaction under Brother Xiaoyuan; after all, Yin Meng and Runsheng had no movement when they took over, and he had the residual aura of the Bai He Master Tongzi on his body.

Li Zhuiyuan: "You have the spiritual thoughts left by the Bai He Master Tongzi on your body; this kind of curse power should be extremely sensitive to spiritual thoughts, even to the point of being so hungry that it doesn't choose its food, and even the spiritual thoughts left by Master Tongzi can excite it."

Lin Shu: "Spiritual thoughts?"

Runsheng: "Zhuangzhuang."

Lin Shu: "Then if Brother Bin were here, relying on the two god-sons on his body to seduce it, wouldn't it be seduced out?"

Li Zhuiyuan nodded, but the problem is, Tan Wenbin is not here.

Another thing is, he can knead puppets at will, but he can't knead spiritual thoughts; not to mention whether there is time to catch evil spirits now, the whole Nantong is probably most lacking in evil spirits now.

The scene suddenly fell into silence.

Li Zhuiyuan spoke: "Mengmeng, you watch Grandma Liu, A You, you go watch Auntie Xiang Hou, Brother Runsheng, you drive me home."

After Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng left, Lin Shu said to Yin Meng: "Brother Xiaoyuan thought of a method and went back to get something?"

Yin Meng nodded: "It should be."

Lin Shu: "It's just that I don't know what he took."

Yin Meng: "You go to the next door quickly, you'll know when the time comes."

After a while, Runsheng ran back to the ward first and pushed open the door.

Yin Meng asked curiously: "Where is Brother Xiaoyuan?"

Runsheng: "Xiaoyuan and the others are behind."

Yin Meng: "They?"

Soon, Li Zhuiyuan walked into the ward, and behind him, there was another person...

It was A Li.

(End of chapter)